The Ford Television Theatre

30min

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.

Episodes

Cast

Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley

1. Life, Liberty and Orrin Dooley

30min

2nd Oct 1952

When Orrin Dooley, returning from war, is rejected by a woman for his ignorance, he enters grade school under his G.I. benefits where the woman betrothed to the insensitive principal is the teacher.

Junior

2. Junior

9th Oct 1952

National Honeymoon

3. National Honeymoon

16th Oct 1952

Birth of a Hero

4. Birth of a Hero

23rd Oct 1952

Girl in the Park

5. Girl in the Park

30th Oct 1952

Edge of the Law

6. Edge of the Law

6th Nov 1952

Protect Her Honor

7. Protect Her Honor

13th Nov 1952

A detective is furious when he learns that his bride, a municipal court judge, is appearing on a new TV show.

Sunk

8. Sunk

20th Nov 1952

An alcoholic young man demands inheritance money from the uncle who's executor of his father's estate. The uncle refuses, but makes his nephew an offer: he'll give him $15,000 if he'll travel to the South Seas and murder a man named Jake Finch. The trip to the islands involves a three-week cruise on a schooner where the sad drunk has time to reevaluate his life.

The Divided Heart

9. The Divided Heart

27th Nov 1952

They Also Serve

14. They Also Serve

1st Jan 1953

This Is My Heart

16. This Is My Heart

15th Jan 1953

The Sermon of the Gun

17. The Sermon of the Gun

22nd Jan 1953

Adventure in Connecticut

18. Adventure in Connecticut

29th Jan 1953

The First Born

19. The First Born

5th Feb 1953

All's Fair in Love

22. All's Fair in Love

26th Feb 1953

Double Exposure

26. Double Exposure

26th Mar 1953

To Any Soldier

27. To Any Soldier

2nd Apr 1953

Just What the Doctor Ordered

28. Just What the Doctor Ordered

9th Apr 1953

Allison, Ltd.

29. Allison, Ltd.

16th Apr 1953

The Life of the Party

30. The Life of the Party

23rd Apr 1953

Look for Tomorrow

33. Look for Tomorrow

14th May 1953

Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

34. Sweet Talk Me, Jackson

21st May 1953

The Trestle

37. The Trestle

11th Jun 1953

A boy suspects his step-father is the murderer of a man who attempted to put a small town newspaper out of business.

First air date

2nd Oct 1952

Last air date

26th Jun 1957

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks